The xStream 40 offers a comprehensive set of high-availability features that are critical for fail-safe inline security tools deployment. Smart load-balancing enables deployment of multiple tools in parallel to increase the overall throughput, thus removing bottlenecks typically seen on a single security device. It also supports tools such as SSL decryptors, intrusion prevention system, firewalls, and web accelerators in serial for service chaining. This enables banks, retailers, and government and health organizations to support many different enterprise, network deployment scenarios.